What did God do for Jacob, and what does that teach us about the Destination Unknowns in our life?

Genesis 29:1-14
Three weeks ago, the YOUTH GROUP went on a “Destination Unknown.” If you’ve never been on a DU, or heard of one, it’s a fun activity for the youth group, except for the fact that the group does not know where they are going until they get there. When I
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You Are Not Alone
July 19, 2009 Morning Service
Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK
Rick Boyne
Message Point: If we are saved, then God is always with us.
Focus Passage: Daniel 6:19-27
Introduction: Clayton Lonetree
Clayton Longtree was lonely in Moscow. The weather was dreary, the
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Use of Psalm 88 to ask Where God Is in those hurting days of our lives

Where is God When It Hurts?
Psalm 88
LORD, you are the God who saves me;
day and night I cry out to you.
May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.
I am overwhelmed with troubles
and my life draws near to death.
I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am
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One of the primary figures in the OT was a man named David. The Bible tells us that he had it all. He was handsome. he was strong. he was a hero. But he was also very lonely.

LIFELINES
“One is the Loneliest Number”
Psalm 142:1-4
One of the primary figures in the OT is David. All of us know who David was. According to the Bible this is a man who basically had it all. The Bible tells us that David was
• Handsome. Even Goliath said so and he
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Talks about the peculiar challenge of singles when they get to the age of marriage and are not yet married and teaches them how to deal with the problem.

THE PROBLEM OF ALONENESS
Gen 2:18-25
Judges 14:1-3
One of the biggest issue that believers have is how to deal with the season when they believe that they are ready for marriage and they are not yet married and have to deal with certain physical needs that they have. These needs actually begins
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If you want to be part of Christ’s real family, then don’t reject Him as a lunatic; don’t revile him as a devil; receive Him as Lord.

For years an elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems, and for years his family tried again and again to persuade him to get a hearing aid, but he always refused. Then finally, one day, he gave in. He went to the doctor and was fitted for a set of one of those nearly invisible hearing aids
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The believer can be comforted in knowing, regardless of where this life and our Lord takes us, that God is there and will see us through.

TEXT: 2 Timothy 4:16-18 (KJV)
16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might
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The sermon is meant to encourage people to become involved in our Small Group Ministry.

1. Quiet Desperation of Loneliness
Sophie and Shirley, two elderly widows in a Florida adult community, are curious about the latest arrival in their building -- a quiet, nice looking gentleman who keeps to himself.
Shirley says, "Sophie, you know I’m shy. Why don’t you go over to him at the pool
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THE CURE FOR THE “DEAD DOG” SYNDROME
OBSERVATION: THIS TEACHING ADDRESSES LONELINESS. THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN BEING ALONE AND BEING LONELY. LONELINESS IS NOT BASED ON GENDER. SOME CAN BE ALONE FOR DAYS AND ENJOY IT. SOME CANNOT! THERE IS A CURE FOR TRUE
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If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I
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This good Friday message speaks of the abandonment that Jesus expresses when God turns away from him. But it is loneliness that has meaning and purpose -- our salvation.

Hearing The Loneliness Of The Cross
Matthew 27:45-46
Usually, we have the cross posted at the top. Today, we have it right up front, some place that it can not be overlooked.
On Tuesday, as the Worship Team prepared for rehearsal someone asked about the cross. It was said that it looks so
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Have you every felt alone? A little Depressed and felt like maybe it disqualified you from the work god wants to do in your life?

Have you ever been in a place where you felt like time was running out?
It’s as if someone had to provide or You might not make it.
Have you ever been alone?
Deserted?
Well in a common bible story; The feeding on the 5,000 we all have heard many times, the Lord began to speak to
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God’s first and last thought is the welfare of his children! The Provision of the Cross is an act of covenant. It is not a half-job effort to fix things. It is a plan that would never turn back!

At some point or another you may have used this familiar phrase - Blood is thicker than water. The context in which we use it is to describe the meaning that blood-related families are more important than anyone else. R’ Richard Pustelniak, congregational leader for the Jewish community called
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How do we defeat Satan? It appears we do it by (as a Church) beating down the gates of Hell. But how exactly do that, and what is the objective in beating down those gates?

When Joe Louis was in his prime he fought "Two-Ton" Tony Galento. Louis was favored to win because 2 Ton Tony loved to fight… but he hated to train. At the first part of the fight, Galento threw his Sunday punch and sent Louis sprawling to the mat. Louis was more surprised than hurt and
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We struggle with loneliness in silence. And yet you and I were made for relationship. How can you overcome your loneliness?

Overcoming Loneliness
Matthew 26:26-44
Columnist Marla Paul reluctantly admitted in an article she wrote that she was lonely. “The loneliness saddens me. How did it happen that I could be 42 years old and not have enough friends?” She ended her column with these words: “I think
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